The Rose Garden
From Booklist: "Kearsley makes the impossible seem real as she weaves a tale full of genuine characters and a strong sense of place and makes history come alive."
More info →The Winter Sea
I read this after you all named Kearsley another author worth binge reading. The publisher calls this a "hauntingly beautiful tale of love and time travel."
More info →A Desperate Fortune
From the Toronto Star: "Within a few paragraphs, you realize you are in the hands of a master storyteller. This is smart historical fiction which isn’t afraid to assume the best of its readers.” I've loved the Susanna Kearsley I've read. I hear there is so much to love about this story: old diaries, codebreaking, perilous journeys, Jacobites, a Frenchman.
More info →Mariana
I've loved the Susanna Kearsley I've read. From New York Journal of Books: "A creative tour de force. Sometimes an author catches lightning in a bottle, and Susanna Kearsley has done just that."
More info →Named of the Dragon
The publisher calls this "thrilling, haunting and deeply romantic."
More info →The Splendour Falls
From Kirkus: "a master of gothic romance, Kearsley deftly plants clues, strews red herrings and toys with her readers' predictions. The journey is thrilling."
More info →The Firebird
Booklist says, "Kearsley makes the impossible seem real...and makes history come alive."
More info →Every Secret Thing
Kearsley originally wrote this thriller under a pen name because it was such a departure from her previous works. From Books, Belles, and Beaux: "While this mystery was fast paced and suspenseful, the strength of the plot for me was the lovely back-story that unfolded of two ordinary people making an extraordinary sacrifice as part of their duty during the war ... a treat if you are looking for something unique from Susanna Kearsley."
More info →Bellewether
Kearsley writes great books to cozy up with and you all named her an author worth binge reading. I've loved the Susanna Kearsley I've read. The publisher calls this one "part history, part romance, and all kinds of magic."
More info →The Shadowy Horses
From the publisher: "Archaeologist Verity Grey has been drawn to the dark legends of the Scottish Borderlands in search of the truth buried in a rocky field by the sea, in this darkly romantic novel of historical fiction by bestselling author Susanna Kearsley. The invincible ninth Roman Legion marches from York to fight the Northern tribes, and then vanishes from the pages of history. When Verity Grey goes looking for them in modern-day Scotland, she may find more than she bargained for. Her eccentric boss has spent his whole life searching for the resting place of the lost Ninth Roman Legion and is convinced he's finally found it—not because of any scientific evidence, but because a local boy has 'seen' a Roman soldier walking in the fields, a ghostly sentinel who guards the bodies of his long-dead comrades. Here on the windswept Scottish shores, Verity may find the answer to one of the great unsolved mysteries of the historical record." Diana Gabaldon, author of the Outlander series, raves about Kearsley's historical fiction. I've loved the Susanna Kearsley I've read.
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